North American A-5/RA-5C Vigilante
by STEVE GINTER

This is aircraft was to replace the AJ-1/2 and the A3D as a nuclear attack bomber. This twin engine bomber carried the Linear Bomb (nuclear weapon) was carried between the two J78-GE-8. It was also used as a tanker, a Photo Recon and ECM.

This was the second heaviest aircraft excepted by the Navy the first being the A-3. The first prototype flew August 31, 1958 and deliveries started in 1960 to VAH-7.

The new USS Enterprise was the first ship to deploy the A-5.

 

169 PAGES, 324 B&W PHOTOS, COLOR PHOTOS ON BACK COVER, 61 PAGES DRAWINGS ,
HISTORY AND CREST OF THE US NAVY SQUADON.

ORDER NUMBER - NF64 $29.95

ISBN 0-942612-64-7